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The table below looks at the demand for the Server Support Engineer role in IT contracts within the North West region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Server Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Server Support Engineer
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank108117
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching contract IT job ads19
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.011 %
As % of the category below0.042 %0.261 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£312£189
% change on same period last year+65.50 %
Hourly rates quoted15
Average minimum hourly rate£11.00£16.20
Average hourly rate£11.00£18.30
% change on same period last year-39.89 %
Average maximum hourly rate£11.00£20.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.14£24.44
% change on same period last year-1.25 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
North West
Matching contract IT job ads23803450
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.771 %4.316 %
Daily rates quoted523707
Average minimum daily rate£309£334
Average daily rate£332£349
% change on same period last year-4.88 %
Average maximum daily rate£354£363
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£357
% change on same period last year-2.03 %
Hourly rates quoted343427
Average minimum hourly rate£19.13£18.57
Average hourly rate£20.92£20.36
% change on same period last year+2.72 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.71£22.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.16£23.50
% change on same period last year-1.47 %
Server Support Engineer EnglandServer Support Engineer
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Server Support Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Server Support Engineer across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

North West Server Support Engineer Demand Trend

Server Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Server Support Engineer across the North West region.

North West Server Support Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Server Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Server Support Engineer across the North West region.

North West Server Support Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Server Support Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Server Support Engineer within the North West region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ManchesterUp+41--
Server Support Engineer EnglandServer Support Engineer
England

Server Support Engineer
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Server Support Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Server Support Engineer in their job title.

19 (90.00 %)Windows
27 (70.00 %)Windows Server 2003
36 (60.00 %)MS Exchange
36 (60.00 %)Active Directory
45 (50.00 %)SAN
45 (50.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
54 (40.00 %)Clustering
54 (40.00 %)MCSE
54 (40.00 %)EMC
54 (40.00 %)Microsoft Certification
54 (40.00 %)SMS
62 (20.00 %)MCP
62 (20.00 %)Citrix
62 (20.00 %)VMware
71 (10.00 %)Manufacturing
71 (10.00 %)NetBackup
71 (10.00 %)MS Excel
71 (10.00 %)Windows XP
71 (10.00 %)Dell
71 (10.00 %)Cisco
71 (10.00 %)Microsoft
71 (10.00 %)Solaris
71 (10.00 %)Windows 2000
71 (10.00 %)IIS
71 (10.00 %)MS Office
71 (10.00 %)VMware Server
71 (10.00 %)DCSE
71 (10.00 %)Exchange Server 2000

Server Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Server Support Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Server Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (60.00 %)MS Exchange
25 (50.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (10.00 %)IIS
31 (10.00 %)Exchange Server 2000
North West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (10.00 %)MS Office
11 (10.00 %)MS Excel
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (50.00 %)SAN
24 (40.00 %)SMS
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (10.00 %)Manufacturing
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (40.00 %)Clustering
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (90.00 %)Windows
27 (70.00 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (10.00 %)Solaris
31 (10.00 %)Windows 2000
31 (10.00 %)Windows XP
North West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (40.00 %)MCSE
14 (40.00 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (20.00 %)MCP
31 (10.00 %)DCSE
North West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (60.00 %)Active Directory
21 (10.00 %)NetBackup
21 (10.00 %)VMware Server
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (40.00 %)EMC
22 (20.00 %)Citrix
22 (20.00 %)VMware
31 (10.00 %)Cisco
31 (10.00 %)Microsoft
31 (10.00 %)Dell